Wheel.



PATENTED JAN. 14. 1908,

S. B. MQMAS'I'LR.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION IILEI) AUG. 3. 1907.

,4 ."sAuuEL UCHANAN ircM s'rEn-oF enamels-sown CAR O LIN-Aj 7 ame, 4

tmeans for readily shitting thepositionof 'a' wheel-on its axle-box tovary; the axledis iTooZZwhom 'it'my coricma f BUCHANAN- McMasTaR, a'citiz'en of the United States,

'tance between wheels. r

Be itknown that I, AMU'EL residing at Columbia',-'in, th'e county of Richland an'd Stateof South Carolina, have in vented certain new and useful -Improve-' meiits in Wheels,'-'of which the followingis a p eification'.

' Myinvention relates to road vehicle wheels, and ispartieularly(adaptable to;

motor vehicles; and" object is to provide Thereis great annoyance intravelin the the annoyanceis aggravated bythe weight of the vehicles and theirbperating parts}; A

car which eanreadily take asteep hill and, developspeed with little power w-hen'the .is greatlyf handicapped when running in heavy sand wheels get a good ftractive grip? and mire. This gage variation is only a few inches while the rut of theaverage country road, consisting of sand or uneven clay is from one to four inches deep, thus causing excessive side thrusts on the hearings and continual annoyance at the steering gear, due

' to the wheels running in and out of the rut on one side.

, to the accoin )anying drawings forming of this speci ication, and .111 which--- My invention provides means for easily adjusting the wheels on their boxes at any time, and which can he used with types of wheels now in general use without altering thewheel parts and without the use of tools other than a wreiich.

My-invention will he best understood hy the following description, reference hei ng had part Figure l represents a cross sectional olevation of the huh ol' onetype of vehicle wheel now in general use, with its spokes broken away Fig. l is a -cross' section through the huh ol' the wheel showing my invention adapted thereto for -hroadening the gage. Fig. 3 shows a similar view with th wheel in its normal osition. Fig. 4' shows one form of my adjusting block; and Fig. 5 shows a sector, a plurality ol' \\hicli may be used in l'orming the spacing plate or block Specification of Lette rsPatnt. 1 Application filed mi ht a 1907. sti-m m 380,923.

ro. a one locality ti'i'anoth'en t wumr /roa s d to the varying'road ga efif orf distancei". .tween ruts, in difi'er'ent. localities}.and-since.

rfeetion of high speedmotorearsfthis. i mo e oftravel has become morelgeneral and :Patented. Jan. 14, 1908 L1 '1 s] onlwhich sha e ed :the axlebogr' consistin of.' a cylindrical. 'wheelsupporting part 2, avin ashoulder ing part'in this instance having a re ueed hex adja e'iit't o the shoulder, and the clampugh i'h m re apas ndw d 'paIQSt0getl1 t rin ing block-4 mounted belwase h u h muldgrtr he agei 'and having pas ito clamp the parts together i tit'ely clamped 0" which may -arisefroirlshifting the position of the wheel.

The gage block may he made in sections or in a singlepiece,v both having their advantages, and it may he of wood, fiber, vulcanized rubher, .or made in the form of a hollow metallic spool or drum or of any other suitable material. The-spacing block if used only on one side of thewheei should he of a thickness equal to the dill'erence between the road gages on' which it is to he used; and if used dil Terence between the road gages.

' lt will he soon from the above description that no alterations to the wheel parts are required and that no new parts are used other than the use of longer clamping bolts in lace of the shorterones with which the whee s are used in sections, to change the gage of the vehicle, it isionly necessary to withdraw the bolts, rcmovethe hlock sections, shift the wheel on its box and place the blocks on the other side of the wheel, whenthe bolts are inserted and the parts claniped together. When the lilo'cks are usedjn one piece, it is necessary to p the wheel from the axle-box oration is precisely the same.

7} linount'ed on the to; outside'of.

sateen." 'ihe w heel nave, axle-box shoulder nolla'rfallghaveregistering or openings through,

on hoth sides of the vehicle the thickness of. the block should he equal to one-halfthe:

in making the change, hut otherwise the 0p-- l0 atone end'anda serew threar edend 3 for o receiv ng the dust eap 5'; the wheel sup ortseetionllvl 2 The wheel 6 mounted on the l in 'cross seetion the" ,hoxjand the wheel ,rs lprferahly posiavo d any uneven strains a F shows the gage hlock mounted outside 'of thewiieel nave where it ,will he earned "when vrunning on-narrow gage roads.

ordinarily equipped. Where the block is I I Having thus described my invention, whati I claim as new. and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combination with a road vehicle, an axle-box having a shoulder, a wheel mounted upon said box, a removable clamping piece, Spacing means adapted to either side of the wheel nave, and means for securing said parts. together. 4

2. In combination with a road vehicle and its axle, .an axle-boxhaving a shoulder. a

wheel mounted thereon, a. removable collar,

gagechanging means adapted to lit between saidshoulder and wheel nave, and means for securing said parts together.

3. In combination with a road vehicle an its axle, an axle-box having an integral shoulder, a wheel mounted on said box, a removable clamping piece, spacing blocks carried on either side of the wheel nave between said shoulder and clamping piece, and means for securing said parts together, substan-. tially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In combination with aroad vehicle and its spindle, an elongatedaxle-box having a. shoulder, a. wheel mounted .on said box and having transverse openings through its nave, a removable collar on said box, gage changmg pieces having one or moroopenjngs registering with the openings in the nave of the wheel and earned between said shoulder and collar, and bolts for seenrmg said collargage pieces and-wheel to the axle-box. v

5. In combination with a road vehicle and its spindle, an elongated axle-box. having an inner shoulder, a road vheel mounted on said box and having transverse perforations through its nave, a removable perforated collar for said box, gage-adjusting sectors carried oneither side of'the wheel nave andhaving perforationsregistering with the perforations through the nave and collar, and

bolts passing through-said perforations and,

positively locking said parts together.

6. In combination witha road vehicle and its spindle, an axle-box having an integral inner shoulder with openings, a wheel mounted on said box and having transverse perfo-v rations through its nave, aremovable perforated collar for said box, a gage adjusting disk orplate interchangeably mounted with said wheel and having perforations registering with those in the other parts, and bolts for securing said parts positively to the axlebox shoulder. 7. An axle-box or sleeve having asuppoitchangeahlvmounted thereon. and means for clamping said wheel and spacing. means to the axle-box or sleeve.

' In testimony whereof l-allix m \".'signature in presenceof two witnesses;

SAMUEL BUCHANAN lllulllAS'lElt. \Yit-nesses v Timon. (l. IIAMBY, A. R. Caoxnmnmo.

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